Excerpt from Sermons, Vol. 2 of 2The text is a comparison between the worldly combatant and the spiritual, - between the wrestler of this world and the wrestler with it, - between him that strives for the mastery over others, and him that strives for the mastery over him self, - between the contenders In the Olympic games and the contender in the Christian race.And it is an apt and fit comparison. Olympus in the heathen poets is commonly used for heaven; so the Olympic exercises may well be used to resemble those for heaven, and the heavenly crown likened to the Olympic garland, without any offence, though with all advantage.And it is as seasonable as fit. This holy Me of Lent is a time of striving for the mastery with our corruptions, with our corruptible for God's incorruptible; a time of holy exercises upon the corruptible earth to obtain a crown incorruptible in the heavens.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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